snobordboy

I think most of us hit that dilemma. I have always planned to keep my car fully streetable, and if I ever want a stripped shell of a race car, I will build an ef civic or crx.

My car only has a/c and Cruise deleted, and a c/f hood. I take out the spare and jack etc from the trunk, and try to keep under 1/3 tank of gas at the track. But I still have all seats and carpet, working sunroof, radio, etc.

I figure the best way to get the car lighter should be to drop it from myself, being 6ft 3, I have alot of weight on me, but can get down 35-40 from where I am now. 2 weeks of no beer and I lost 10 lbs lol

ForgottenBB2

Just weighed mine today. weighed 2673 without me in it. I'm pretty happy with the weight considering its not gutted.

dk4ever

I'm sitting at 2535lbs. 4th gen with H22 swap. Run 14.6 1/4. 184whp H22a1.

zuptidi

anybody ever took out and maybe weighed all the undercoating of the car? The thick black stuff

Apex1972

sounds like a good plan to me.

zuptidi

just lost 40 lb, by going to a lithium battery
If anyone wants one you should contact piratemcfred, as he has some for sale for a good price also.

vlude99

My 5th gen is at 2575 with full SCCA Spec cage (Cage itself is ~200lbs)

preludeNApower

Weighing in at 2690 with 1/4 tank of gas and me in car @160

spray004

I always hate resurrecting old threads but thought it would be pointless to start a new one. Any updates on 5th gen weights? I'm building a circle track car and was hoping to get down to 2200 range w/o driver but with a 6 point cage. That may be wishful thinking but outside of GoldLude's extreme weight reduction, there isn't much info out there.

spray004

My 5th gen circle track car without me. Still has the full factory exhaust. I plan on ditching that soon for something lighter and much shorter.
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spray004

Yeah it's pretty light. I started at 3,029 lbs. I think I'm going to get a smaller battery as well. Basically the only things left I can do are exhaust, battery and fab up an aluminum hood. That could get me down to around 2230-2250 ball park.

snobordboy

Yeah not many have gone the route of lightening a 5th gen much.

Is your car caged Spray?

spray004

Yeah I've got a 6 point cage in it so that added 150lbs +/- back to it.

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pr3lood

Since this thread has become active I'll post the weight of some stuff I've removed.

1993 Prelude Si with a 1/4 tank of gas: 2460lbs

Unweighed:
h23 replaced with h22a1
CAI
headers
coilovers
A/C removed

Weight of **** removed, all in lbs:
17 door panels
33.5 passenger seat
10.6 rear seat center
9.4 right rear seat
6 left rear seat
10.2 rear side panels
5.6 rear seatbelts
15.2 carpet
10 insulation tar
10 brackets
5.5 trunk fabric
22.2 spare tire
4.5 jack
3.5 intake resonator
4.2 spoiler

Total: 171lbs


still a work in progress

motoxxxman

my turbo 3g is currently at 2285 with full factory interior (without me in it)

entire sunroof assembly removed, aluminum plate riveted on the roof
rear seatbelts removed
spare tire and fiber board removed
some of front and rear bumper supports removed
full a/c delete
[2ws and no spoiler]

spray004

After replacing the factory exhaust with a straight pipe, I was able to get the car done to 2282 empty. So that saved me 23lbs from the factory exhaust.

Needy4Speed

I don't understand the obsession of lightning Preludes- especially the 5th gen's. The cars are well built with minimal flex and aren't very heavy when compared to other cars in their category. People compare them to civics (I have one) which are built so much cheaper and not in the same class. My '99 Prelude base drastically outperforms in every conceivable way both my '97 Civic Ex and '97 Integra GS-R.

snobordboy

Most of the people who have been really into this are racers, so they are not concerned about the creature comforts of the car, they want the best power to weight ratio possible, or least amount of weight for suspension to deal with on a track. Generally these are people who really love the character and looks of the Prelude, or a specific of the chassis.

Personally I just love Preludes, and have debated buying a cheap Civic shell just to race.

IAluder95

iTrader: (1)

what sun roof plug?
And where did you buy?

TimiK

mine was 1300 kg = 2 866 lbs

With basic stuff: aftermarket exhaust, wheels, suspension

Aem pulleys and cam gears, lightened flywheel

Full tank of gas, seibon trunk & hood (dont know are they any lighter than oem) and aluminium rad (probably adds weight)

snobordboy

Haven't seen Ray on here in quite awhile, but I think he had a lighterfaster plug that he bought used from someone. He may be active on some of the FB groups, if you need his info shoot me a PM.

autoluder

93 Prelude with no driver 2688lbs back half gutted, carpet removed, with 4 point roll bar/cage /back half cage, with 4 bracing bars within the cage. Corbeau reclining racing seats. CF hood and trunk. Still have AC, PS, CC, rear antenna/motor, Wipers and assembly.....